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Comments for "The ‘Starbucks effect’ and the changing role of our libraries"enSushihttp://lisnews.org/comment/50376#comment-50376
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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://lisnews.org/comment/50366#comment-50366">Why not?</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I am the one that made the hypo about the fish warehouse being used as a model. Have to give you a +1 for the sushi conveyor idea. I could see a library doing that (with books, etc...) and it really being eye catching.</p>
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</ul>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:49:13 +0000Anonymouscomment 50376 at http://lisnews.orgI Agreehttp://lisnews.org/comment/50375#comment-50375
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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://lisnews.org/comment/50366#comment-50366">Why not?</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>... If the business model works for your library, who cares where it comes from. Librarians and especially directors MUST be open to new ideas, new approaches, open innovation and whatever it takes to capture relevance to their community.</p>
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</ul>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:03:33 +0000Anonymouscomment 50375 at http://lisnews.orgWhy not?http://lisnews.org/comment/50366#comment-50366
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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://lisnews.org/comment/50362#comment-50362">Success</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>If it keeps your library open, providing services to the local community at a decent level or giving people things they didn't know they needed rather than having to close them down to lack of national/local funding then you should embrace anything that keeps you going.<br />
If you think libraries are not businesses then you have a huge amount more faith in future increased public funding than I do.</p>
<p>Actually the conveyor from a sushi restaurant would be a great idea to have in libraries. Books and cd's running around the building showing you what is new and fresh and just helping yourselves.<br />
Much better than a boring new releases shelf ;)</p>
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</ul>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:18:27 +0000Anonymouscomment 50366 at http://lisnews.orgSuccesshttp://lisnews.org/comment/50362#comment-50362
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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://lisnews.org/comment/50360#comment-50360">Well</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Tons of businesses have successful business models. Not all of them should be applied to libraries. There is a seafood warehouse near me that is extremely successful. Maybe we should model libraries after them?</p>
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</ul>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:00:39 +0000Anonymouscomment 50362 at http://lisnews.orgWellhttp://lisnews.org/comment/50360#comment-50360
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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://lisnews.org/the_starbucks_effect_and_the_changing_role_of_our_libraries">The ‘Starbucks effect’ and the changing role of our libraries</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It's a business model that should be paid attention to. They are incredibly successful after all.</p>
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</ul>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:14:50 +0000Anonymouscomment 50360 at http://lisnews.org